Pulling Sickles With Robbers, Alfamart Employee's Hand In South Tangerang Almost Breaks

Celurit Illustration/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - Minimarket employees in the South Tangerang (Tangsel) area became victims of persecution while fighting robbers on Jalan Dr Setiabudi, Pamulang, South Tangerang. From the victim's statement, Ahmad Luthfi Zakaria, when the incident happened, he was accompanied by one of his colleagues. Ahmad as the head of the shop, at that time was auditing the items at the cashier.

"At the time of the incident it was quite quiet, usually there were still people who went in shopping or wanted to pay anything. Then I was a bit suspicious, how come someone entered the ATM Link directly, I also didn't know he had time to take money or not. Then he came out again. There I was alone, my other friend recorded the goods," he told reporters, Thursday, June 15.

Ahmad said there were two perpetrators. One of them is waiting in front of the minimarket.

"First, when he entered, he didn't bring a sickle. He came out again, now after that he just entered again with a sickle. When he first entered, he seemed to be checking the conditions inside, because he had time to jump inside the shop, then left again. When he entered again the road was a bit different, like pocketing a sickle," he said.

When entering the minimarket, the perpetrator took a soda drink and put it on the cashier's desk. Then one of the store employees went up to take the goods.

Seeing Ahmad alone, the perpetrator approached the victim while removing the sickle. At the time of the incident, the perpetrator wore a mask and helmet.

"At that time I had a look in his eyes, but he was actually threatening to say "where is the safe, let's go". The perpetrator also put a sickle in my stomach, then I held it with both hands," he said.

The perpetrator embraced the victim while holding a sickle directed at the victim's stomach. When the victim tried to hold the sickle with both hands, the perpetrator actually held a sickle with both hands.

"I finally played with sickles. With all my might, I shouted at the thief. Then my friend finally got off, the perpetrator immediately fled," he said.

After the incident, the victim reported the incident of the attempted robbery to the nearest police station.